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They Doubled the Recommended Protein This Year. 350 Studies Say That's Backwards for Sedentary Adults.
Federal guidance now tells you to eat nearly twice the protein it used to. A University of Wisconsin review of more than 350 studies argues that for people who don't train hard, the extra may be speeding up the aging they're trying to outrun.
Metabolic & WeightThe Mice Ate More and Got Leaner. The Switch Was One Amino Acid, Turned Down.
USC mice on a low-protein, methionine-tuned diet ate as many calories as the junk-food group and still lost fat, while their own bodies pumped out more GLP-1. The scientist behind it also owns the company selling longevity diets.
Nutrition & FoodThe Protein Numbers on the Government Charts Were Never Meant to Help You Thrive
A new Frontiers in Nutrition perspective argues official protein and exercise guidelines were built to prevent deficiency, not to maximize healthspan, and that older adults in particular need far more.
Nutrition & FoodThe bitter finish in your protein shake isn't the protein. It's the minerals.
A new sensory study traces the bitter, peppery aftertaste in whey protein shakes to minerals that get concentrated during filtration, not the protein itself. The fix is a manufacturing tweak. The co-author is the supplier that sells the alpha-lactalbumin line.